food Archives

The cost-of-living crisis: accelerating or delaying a green transition?

Perspective / This perspective examines the implications of the global cost-of-living crisis and whether surging prices will speed up or delay a green energy transition.

20 December 2022 / About Business, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Innovation, Public policy, Renewables and Supply chains

Harvesting of soybean in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Brazil’s soy sector: Challenges to a nature-friendly future

Past event / New data from Trase on Brazil’s soy exports shows the scale of the challenges ahead and reveals opportunities for action.

07 December 2022 / About Food and agriculture and Supply chains

Stakeholders met in Kenya in 2020 for the third National Working Group Consultation, which feeds into the Eastern Africa bioeconomy strategy.

New strategy to kickstart the bioeconomy in East Africa

Feature / SEI played a leading role in a partnership to develop a Regional Bioeconomy Strategy for East Africa, the first of its kind for the continent.

6 December 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Energy access, Finance, Food and agriculture, Forests, Household energy, Innovation and Renewables

Scenic view of agricultural field with blue bus driving past, Falköping, Sweden

New SEI study for Sweden shows which groups are most at risk of losing out from the transition to a fossil-free society

Press release / About 40% of the Swedish population appears to be at greater risk from the adverse wealth and access effects related to a low-carbon transition.

5 December 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Pollution, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Railway tracks and trains in Stockholm, Sweden

Who is most at risk of losing out from low-carbon transition in the food and transport sectors in Sweden? Equity considerations from a consumption perspective

Journal article / This paper investigates the demand-side aspects of a just low-carbon transition, with a focus on the transport and food sectors in Sweden.

1 December 2022 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Pollution, Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

an aerial view of a white grey quarry with a blue pool in the middle

MEFadapt: the minerals–energy–food complex and transboundary climate risk

Project / Helping policymakers to develop strategies for sustainable governance of natural resources and adaptation to transboundary climate risks.

2022 - 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Renewables, Supply chains and Water-energy-food nexus

Water drop on green leaf against green background

Bioeconomy perspectives and the possibilities to introduce alternative economic models in different parts of Colombia along with cattle?

Past event / The webinar is an opening to explore the need to build initiatives and mechanisms to facilitate the transition towards a more sustainable economy in Colombia.

29 November 2022 / About Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Land use, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Small-scale farmers in Southeast Asia share knowledge to build climate resilience

Small-scale farmers in Asia share knowledge to build climate resilience

Perspective / Asia’s small-scale farmers live in precarious conditions that worsen the impacts of climate change.

25 November 2022 / About Food and agriculture and Forests

Adapting to transboundary climate risks in food trade

Past event / How can we better govern the global food system in a world where crises are the norm rather than the exception?

15 November 2022 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster risk